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Still More On Zimbabwe Banned List...Plus, Tragic PH Death In Namibia

(posted January 24, 2006)

The Safari Club International Convention last week in Reno, Nevada, was alive as usual with talk of new hunting opportunities, new challenges and changes of all sorts. I'm going to press now with the February issue, and it will be chock-a-block with all this news.

Right away, though, I think I should put to rest a false rumor that surfaced on the floor of the convention that the US Treasury Department has issued a new list of banned individuals in Zimbabwe with whom Americans cannot do business. Yes, the Treasury Department did issue a new "Alphabetical Master List of Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons" last week, containing the names of individuals around the world that Americans may not do business with. But this new list does not contain any new names of individuals in Zimbabwe. I have that directly from the State Department official in charge of maintaining the list of banned individuals in Zimbabwe.

The upshot is, the November 25, 2005 list on our web site is still the official list of individuals with whom Americans may not do business. You can review the list by clicking on the hyperlink below:

There are no new restrictions on travel to Zimbabwe or on Americans' activities there. If you follow the due-diligence procedures we outlined in our previous bulletins, and you deal with a registered PH in that country, you should have no problems with the US Treasury Department. Enjoy your 2006 safari to Zimbabwe….

On another subject, The Hunting Report has just learned of the tragic death of a 24-year-old professional hunter in Namibia by the name of Jorge Seefeldt. The death occurred while Seefeldt and another hunting professional by the name of Kuno Von Plocki were preparing to track a wounded gemsbok on property belonging to Hetaku Game Lodge.

According to Denver Isaacs, crime reporter for the Namibian newspaper in Windhoek, police have taken the unusual step of charging Von Plocki with murder and negligent discharge of a firearm. Isaacs says that should not be taken to mean that Von Plocki deliberately killed Seefeldt. In fact, the police report indicates that Von Plocki was loading his rifle when it went off.

There is good reason to believe the charges against Von Plocki will ultimately be reduced to the equivalent of the US crime of negligent homicide, Isaacs says. He promised to keep The Hunting Report up to date on developments.

As this is written, Von Plocki is free on bail of $3,000 (Namibian). I plan to follow this incident closely, just as I do other accidents and fatal incidents in the field. Our condolences go out to the Seefeldt family who operate a hunting guest farm in Namibia called Silversand. The operation is booked in the US through the T. Jeffrey Safari Company, www.tjsafari.com

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